Just the other day the great Don Cheadle was interviewed on a radio program where he said:
...you don't have to knock on the door of a lot of these networks and try to get a gig. You can create your own opportunity and just put it out, you know, yourself and find people that will buy it. And then kind of build that infrastructure around you and help you to really realize your full vision. So I always encourage people to, if they want to really work on getting into this business, to be writers first. Don't worry about being an actor first, be a writer. Create something. Own it and then you, you know, the world is yours.
Goddammit he's right. This also verifies how similar both acting and writing are from the creator's perspective because they experience the same vulnerabilities. I'm talking about what it takes to push through with getting the most out of a part or understanding what you're writing about and how to do it over and over again, because for both roles it's always some form of fear. (
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